A TEENAGE girl was stabbed and raped after a man dragged her from a Pizza Hut restaurant in front of terrified staff in a busy town centre.
The 17-year-old was subjected to the “violent and pre-planned attack” on Friday evening in Epsom, Surrey.
assaulted a member of staff who tried to intervene, before dragging the girl from the building and leaving the area on foot.
Police arrested him in a nearby recreation ground shortly before 10.50pm and moments later found the teenage victim, who had been stabbed in the stomach.
She was taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting where she is in a serious but not life-threatening condition, Surrey Police said.
A 32-year-old man from Epsom has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, kidnap, rape and grievous bodily harm and is in custody.